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Brocade Fabric OS v8.0.1b

Release Notes v1.0 August 31, 2016

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Fabric OS v8.0.1b Release Notes v1.0 Contents

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Contents Document History ......................................................................................................................................... 6

Preface .......................................................................................................................................................... 7

Contacting Brocade Technical Support ..................................................................................................... 7 Brocade Customers ............................................................................................................................... 8

Brocade OEM customers ...................................................................................................................... 8

Related Documentation ............................................................................................................................ 8

Locating product manuals ......................................................................................................................... 9 Locating release notes ............................................................................................................................ 10 Document feedback ................................................................................................................................ 11

Overview ..................................................................................................................................................... 12

What is New in This Release ....................................................................................................................... 13

Software features.................................................................................................................................... 13 Modified software features ................................................................................................................ 13

What is New in FOS v8.0.1 .......................................................................................................................... 14

Hardware................................................................................................................................................. 14 New devices ........................................................................................................................................ 14

New blades .......................................................................................................................................... 14

Deprecated hardware ......................................................................................................................... 15

Software features.................................................................................................................................... 15 New software features ....................................................................................................................... 15

Modified software features ................................................................................................................ 15

Fabric Performance Impact (FPI) monitoring.................................................................................. 15

Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS) ................................................................................. 15

Flow Vision ...................................................................................................................................... 17

FCIP and IP Extension ...................................................................................................................... 17

Zoning.............................................................................................................................................. 19

Security ........................................................................................................................................... 19

RAS .................................................................................................................................................. 20

Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) ........................................................................................................... 20

ClearLink Diagnostics (D_Port) ........................................................................................................ 21

DHCP for Management Interface .................................................................................................... 21

Management Server ....................................................................................................................... 21

SNMP ............................................................................................................................................... 21


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Miscellaneous Enhancements ........................................................................................................ 21

Deprecated software features ............................................................................................................ 22

Bottleneck Detection ...................................................................................................................... 22

Port Mirroring ................................................................................................................................. 22

Administrative Domain ................................................................................................................... 22

CLI Changes ............................................................................................................................................. 23 New Commands .................................................................................................................................. 23

Modified Commands ........................................................................................................................... 23

Deprecated commands ....................................................................................................................... 23

Supported standards and RFCs ............................................................................................................... 23 Software License Support ........................................................................................................................... 24

Optionally Licensed Software ................................................................................................................. 24 Temporary License Support .................................................................................................................... 26

Hardware Support ....................................................................................................................................... 28

Supported devices ................................................................................................................................... 28 Supported blades .................................................................................................................................... 28

DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4 blade support .............................................................................................. 28

X6-8/X6-4 blade support ..................................................................................................................... 28

Supported power supplies ...................................................................................................................... 29 Brocade G620 Power Supplies ............................................................................................................ 29

DCX8510-8 Power Supply Requirements ............................................................................................ 29

DCX8510-4 Power Supply Requirements ............................................................................................ 31

X6-8 Power Supply Requirements ...................................................................................................... 31

X6-4 Power Supply Requirements ...................................................................................................... 32

Supported optics ..................................................................................................................................... 32 Software Upgrades and Downgrades ......................................................................................................... 33

Image filenames ...................................................................................................................................... 33

Migration Path ........................................................................................................................................ 33 Migrating from FOS v8.0.1 .................................................................................................................. 33

Migrating from FOS v8.0.0 .................................................................................................................. 33

Migrating from FOS v7.4 ..................................................................................................................... 33

Migrating from FOS v7.3 ..................................................................................................................... 33

Upgrade/downgrade considerations ...................................................................................................... 33 Limitations and Restrictions ........................................................................................................................ 34

Scalability ................................................................................................................................................ 34


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Compatibility/interoperability ................................................................................................................ 34 Brocade Network Advisor Compatibility ............................................................................................. 34

WebTools Compatibility ...................................................................................................................... 35

SMI Compatibility ................................................................................................................................ 35

Fabric OS Compatibility ....................................................................................................................... 35

SNMP Support ..................................................................................................................................... 36

Obtaining the MIBs ......................................................................................................................... 36

Important Notes ...................................................................................................................................... 37 In-flight Encryption and Compression ................................................................................................ 37

ClearLink Diagnostics (D_Port) ............................................................................................................ 37

Forward Error Correction (FEC)........................................................................................................... 37

Access Gateway .................................................................................................................................. 37

Ingress Rate Limiting ........................................................................................................................... 37

Ethernet Management Interface ........................................................................................................ 38

Extension ............................................................................................................................................. 38

Brocade Analytics Monitoring Platform .............................................................................................. 38

Flow Vision .......................................................................................................................................... 40

FICON .................................................................................................................................................. 40

Miscellaneous ..................................................................................................................................... 40

Defects ........................................................................................................................................................ 41

Closed with code changes in Fabric OS 8.0.1b ........................................................................................ 41 Closed with code changes in Fabric OS 8.0.1a ........................................................................................ 42

Closed with code changes in Fabric OS 8.0.1 .......................................................................................... 50 Closed without code changes in Fabric OS 8.0.1 .................................................................................... 79 Open Defects in Fabric OS 8.0.1 .............................................................................................................. 86

Fabric OS v8.0.1b Release Notes Document History

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Document History Version Summary of Changes Publication Date

v1.0 Initial Release August 31, 2016

Fabric OS v8.0.1b Release Notes Preface: Contacting Brocade Technical Support

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Preface Contacting Brocade Technical Support As a Brocade customer, you can contact Brocade Technical Support 24x7 online, by telephone, or by email. Brocade OEM customers contact their OEM/Solutions provider. To expedite your call, have the following information immediately available:

1. General Information • Technical Support contract number, if applicable • Switch model • Switch operating system version • Error numbers and messages received • supportSave command output and associated files • For dual CP platforms running FOS v6.2 and above, the supportSave command gathers information

from both CPs and any AP blades installed in the chassis • Detailed description of the problem, including the switch or fabric behavior immediately following the

problem, and specific questions • Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and the results • Serial console and Telnet session logs • Syslog message logs

2. Switch Serial Number The switch serial number is provided on the serial number label, examples of which are shown here:

FT00X0054E9

The serial number label is located as follows:

• Brocade 6510, 6505, 6520, G620 — On the switch ID pull-out tab located on the bottom of the port side of the switch

• Brocade 7840 — On the pull-out tab on the front left side of the chassis underneath the serial console and Ethernet connection and on the bottom of the switch in a well on the left side underneath (looking from front)

• Brocade DCX 8510-8 — Bottom right of the port side • Brocade DCX 8510-4 — Back, upper left under the power supply • Brocade X6-8, X6-4 — Lower portion of the chassis on the nonport side beneath the fan assemblies

3. World Wide Name (WWN) When the Virtual Fabric feature is enabled on a switch, each logical switch has a unique switch WWN. Use the wwn command to display the switch WWN.

If you cannot use the wwn command because the switch is inoperable, you can get the primary WWN from the same place as the serial number.

4. License Identifier (License ID) There is only one License Identifier associated with a physical switch or director/backbone chassis. This License Identifier is required as part of the ordering process for new FOS licenses.

Use the licenseIdShow command to display the License Identifier.

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Brocade Customers For product support information and the latest information on contacting the Technical Assistance Center, go to http://www.brocade.com/services-support/index.html.

If you have purchased Brocade product support directly from Brocade, use one of the following methods to contact the Brocade Technical Assistance Center 24x7.

Online Telephone E-mail

Preferred method of contact for non-urgent issues:

• My Cases through MyBrocade • Software downloads and

licensing tools • Knowledge Base

Required for Sev 1-Critical and Sev

2-High issues:

• Continental US: 1-800-752-8061 • Europe, Middle East, Africa, and • Asia Pacific: +800-AT FIBREE • (+800 28 34 27 33) • For areas unable to access toll free

number: +1-408-333-6061 • Toll-free numbers are available in many

countries.

[email protected]

Please include:

• Problem summary • Serial number • Installation details • Environment

description

Brocade OEM customers If you have purchased Brocade product support from a Brocade OEM/Solution Provider, contact your OEM/Solution Provider for all of your product support needs.

• OEM/Solution Providers are trained and certified by Brocade to support Brocade® products. • Brocade provides backline support for issues that cannot be resolved by the OEM/Solution Provider. • Brocade Supplemental Support augments your existing OEM support contract, providing direct

access to Brocade expertise. For more information, contact Brocade or your OEM. • For questions regarding service levels and response times, contact your OEM/Solution Provider.

Related Documentation Visit the Brocade website to locate related documentation for your product and additional Brocade resources such as white papers, online demonstrations, and data sheets.

You can download additional publications supporting your product at www.brocade.com. You can either use the search tool at the top right of the page, or navigate to the pages specific to your product. To do this, click the Brocade Products & Services tab, then click the Brocade product type, and finally click on the name or image for your product to open the individual product page. The user manuals are available in the Resources section at the bottom of the page.

To get up-to-the-minute information on Brocade products and resources, go to MyBrocade.com. You can register at no cost to obtain a user ID and password. Release notes are available on MyBrocade under Product Downloads.

http://www.brocade.com/services-support/index.htmlmailto:[email protected]://www.brocade.com/http://mybrocade.com/

Fabric OS v8.0.1b Release Notes v1.0 Preface: Locating product manuals

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Locating product manuals Complete the following steps to locate your product manuals in MyBrocade.com.

1. Open http://my.brocade.com and log in. If you do not have a login, registration is free. Click on Register Now and follow the directions.

2. Once you have logged in, the product manuals can be found by clicking documentation.

3. Select the product type or enter the product name in the search field.

4. Select the manuals from the results below the Search box.

5. Click on the link for the document you want to read, and then open or save it. You may have to scroll inside the results to see the document you want.

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Fabric OS v8.0.1b Release Notes v1.0 Preface: Locating release notes

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Locating release notes Complete the following steps to locate the release notes for your product in MyBrocade.com.

1. Open http://my.brocade.com and log in. If you do not have a login, registration is free. Click on Register Now and follow the directions.

2. Once you have logged in, the product manuals can be found by clicking downloads.

3. Select the product type or enter the product name in the search field.

4. Select the Release Notes from the results below the Search box.

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Fabric OS v8.0.1b Release Notes v1.0 Preface: Document feedback

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Document feedback To send feedback and report errors in the documentation you can use the feedback form posted with the document or you can e-mail the documentation team.

Quality is our first concern at Brocade and we have made every effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this document. However, if you find an error or an omission, or you think that a topic needs further development, we want to hear from you. You can provide feedback in two ways:

• Through the online feedback form in the HTML documents posted on www.brocade.com. • By sending your feedback to [email protected].

Provide the publication title, part number, and as much detail as possible, including the topic heading and page number if applicable, as well as your suggestions for improvement.

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Fabric OS v8.0.1a Release Notes Overview

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Overview Fabric OS v8.0.1b is a patch release based on FOS v8.0.1a. All hardware platforms and features supported in FOS v8.0.1a are also supported in FOS v8.0.1b. Besides defect fixes, FOS v8.0.1b includes minor software changes and enhancements.

Fabric OS v8.0.1b Release Notes v1.0 What is New in This Release: Software features

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What is New in This Release Software features The following section lists new, modified, and deprecated software features for this release.

Modified software features The following software features have been modified in this release.

• Web Tools system logs capture Switch Admin and Zone Admin configuration changes. • Web Tools Ethernet IPSec policies disable IKE policy creation. • Enhancement to RAS-1007 message to log username when reboot is initiated through SNMP user. • The ICL port numbers enabled by the ICL POD license on Brocade X6 directors are changed in this

release: • The 1st ICL POD license on X6-8 enables QSFP port number: 0, 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11; the 2nd ICL POD

license on X6-8 enables QSFP port number: 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15. • The 1st ICL POD license on X6-4 enables QSFP port number: 0, 1, 4, 5; the 2nd ICL POD license on X6-4

enables QSFP port number: 2, 3, 6, 7. • This change affects X6-8 and X6-4 directors with only the 1st ICL POD license installed in FOS v8.0.1a

or earlier. After these directors are upgraded to FOS v8.0.1b or later, a different set of ports as noted above will be enabled by the 1st ICL POD license after a port toggle. To avoid any disruption, users can add the 2nd ICL POD license before firmware upgrade.

Fabric OS v8.0.1b Release Notes v1.0 What is New in FOS v8.0.1: Hardware

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What is New in FOS v8.0.1 Hardware The following section lists new hardware introduced with this release as well as hardware that are no longer supported with this release.

New devices Product name Device Name

Brocade X6-8 Director Gen 6 Fibre Channel 8-slot Director

Product features Key features

• Up to 384 ports at 32 Gbps • 32 UltraScale ICLs equivalent to 128 32-Gbps ports • 16.2 Tbps aggregate chassis bandwidth • 1.5 Tbps bandwidth per slot • Fabric Vision features and IO Insight capability

Brocade X6-4 Director Gen 6 Fibre Channel 4-slot Director

Product features Key features

• Up to 192 ports at 32 Gbps • 16 UltraScale ICLs equivalent to 64 32-Gbps ports • 8.1 Tbps aggregate chassis bandwidth • 1.5 Tbps bandwidth per slot • Fabric Vision features and IO Insight capability

New blades Blade Description Compatible devices

Brocade SX6 Extension Blade Gen 6 Fibre Channel and IP Extension Blade with 16 x 32 Gbps Fibre Channel ports, 16 x 1/10 GbE and 2 x 40 GbE ports

Brocade X6 Director

Brocade FC32-48 Port Blade Gen 6 Fibre Channel port blade with 48 x 32 Gbps ports

Brocade X6 Director

Brocade CPX6 Control Processor Blade

Control processor blade for Brocade X6 Director

Brocade X6 Director

Brocade CR32-4 Core Routing Blade

Core routing blade for Brocade X6-4 Director

Brocade X6-4 Director

Brocade CR32-8 Core Routing Blade

Core routing blade for Brocade X6-8 Director

Brocade X6-8 Director

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Deprecated hardware The following Brocade devices are no longer supported starting with this release.

• 300, 5100, 5300, 7800, VA-40FC, Brocade Encryption Switch, DCX, DCX-4S • 5410, M5424, 5430, 5431, 5432, 5450, 5460, 5470, 5480, NC-5480

The following blades are no longer supported starting with this release.

• FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48, FS8-18, FCOE10-24.

Note: Support for FC8-32E, FC8-48E, and FC8-64 blades in DCX 8510 platforms has not been deprecated. However, FOS v8.0.1 does not support these blades in DCX 8510 platforms. Support for these blades is planned for FOS releases after FOS v8.0.1.

Software features The following section lists new, modified, and deprecated software features for this release.

New software features The following software features are new in this release.

• Support for Brocade X6 Director with FC32-48 port blades and SX6 extension blades. • Support for IO Insight — a built-in device-level IO performance and latency instrumentation capability

Modified software features The following software features have been modified in this release.

Fabric Performance Impact (FPI) monitoring

FOS v8.0.1 enhances FPI monitoring to include the FPI monitoring rules and thresholds in the MAPS default base policy. Switches running FOS v8.0.1 without a Fabric Vision license are monitored by MAPS for congestion and slow drain device conditions.

Note: FOS v8.0.1 adds Email and SNMP alerts with the MAPS base policy. The available actions with the MAPS base policy are RASLog, Email, and SNMP alerts. Other actions, including Port Fencing, Port Decommissioning, Port Toggle, and Slow Drain Device Quarantine, require a valid Fabric Vision license.

Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS)

FOS v8.0.1 includes following MAPS enhancements:

Monitor 32Gbps Optics

FOS v8.0.1 adds monitoring of supported 32 Gbps SWL SFP, 32 Gbps LWL SFP, and 4x32 Gbps SWL QSFP optics on Gen 6 platforms to the default MAPS policy. These new optics are monitored within their respective new logical groups.

Monitor Security Certificate Expiration

FOS v8.0.1 adds monitoring the validity period of digital security certificates present on Brocade switches. This provides administrators expiry notification before any security certificates actually expire.


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Monitor Gigabit Ethernet Ports

FOS v8.0.1 adds the ability to monitor link layer error statistics for Gigabit Ethernet ports on extension platforms, which includes the Brocade 7840, FX8-24 blades, and SX6 blades. This monitoring provides advanced notification of Ethernet link layer problems that could result in performance degradation or disruption to the distance extension traffic. This monitoring does not apply to the management Ethernet interface on Brocade switches.

Monitor FCIP Tunnel and Tunnel QoS

FOS v8.0.1 extends MAPS monitoring of FCIP tunnels and the tunnels at each QoS level to the SX6 blade. Bandwidth utilization and state change are monitored for FCIP tunnels, while utilization and packet loss are monitored for FCIP tunnels for each QoS level. The pre-defined thresholds and rules for SX6 blades are the same as those for the Brocade 7840 platform in FOS v7.4.

Monitor IP Extension Circuit and Tunnel

FOS v8.0.1 adds MAPS monitoring for IP circuits and tunnels on the Brocade 7840 extension platform and SX6 blades. IP Extension monitoring provides advanced notification of WAN performance and latency problems and helps with troubleshooting IP storage traffic that has been extended through WANs.

Monitor System Air Flow

FOS v8.0.1 adds MAPS monitoring for system airflow directions to provide alerts if the air flow directions of the fan or power supply FRUs in the hardware platforms are installed incorrectly. This avoids potential disruptive shutdown of hardware platforms resulting from mismatched air flow directions. MAPS airflow direction monitoring applies to the following hardware platforms that support different airflow direction configurations: Brocade 6505, 6510, 6520, 7840, X6-8, X6-4, and G620.

Monitor Initiator and Target Device Ratio

FOS v8.0.1 adds the ability to monitor the ratio between initiator and target devices zoned together across entire zoning configuration. Initiator-to-target or target-to-initiator ratios higher than best practices have the potential of causing slow IO response time that may impact fabric performance. This monitoring can alert administrators to this condition, enabling them to take corrective action.

Monitor IO Insight Metrics

FOS v8.0.1 adds the support in MAPS to monitor the IO Insight metrics for initiator-target or initiator-target-LUN flow monitors that are created with the Flow Vision feature on Brocade Gen 6 platforms. This monitoring allows administrators to be alerted if application or storage device level IO performance and latency measures drop below predetermined thresholds such as those mandated by service level agreements.

Quiet Time Support for SNMP

FOS v8.0.1 extends the quiet time support to the SNMP alert actions so that users can configure MAPS rules to bypass sending duplicate SNMP trap messages for repeat violations.


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MAPS platform dependent default policies

FOS v8.0.1 changes MAPS default policies so that only rules applicable to a specific platform are included in the default policies for that platform. Please refer to the MAPS rules and groups altered in this release section of the Brocade Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite Configuration Guide for detailed policy changes.

Miscellaneous

FOS v8.0.1 includes the following miscellaneous MAPS usability enhancements.

• MAPS dashboard displays fenced extension circuits for Brocade 7840, FX8-24, and SX6. • MAPS dashboard history data value display includes unit symbol to improve readability. • MAPS RASLog and email alerts for switch ports include switch port names. • MAPS RASLog and email alerts for back-end port include added peer connection port numbers. • If MAPS detects an email alert delivery failure, a RASLog message (MAPS-1206) is recorded. • MAPS email alert message content enhancements to improve readability. • Removal of SW_MARGINAL and SW_CRITICAL actions from mapsConfig command. These actions are

now enabled by default and cannot be disabled.

Flow Vision

FOS v8.0.1 provides the following new capabilities and enhancements to Flow Vision.

Flow Monitor support for IO Insight

FOS v8.0.1 extends the Flow Monitor feature to support the IO Insight capability built in to Brocade Gen 6 platforms. Flow Monitor provides administrators the capability to non-disruptively and non-invasively obtain key SCSI IO performance and latency metrics for initiator-target or initiator-target-LUN flows.

Flow Monitor on VE port

FOS v8.0.1 supports Flow Monitor static and learning flow support on VE ports on the Brocade 7840 and the SX6 blade. The Flow Monitor support on VE ports is equivalent to those provided on E_Ports available in FOS v7.4.

SRR Frame Type

FOS v8.0.1 supports a new frame type in Flow Vision, the Sequence Retransmission Request (SRR) frame, which is used in FC-Tape backup for error recovery. This frame type support allows administrators to see that the FC-Tape devices are in error recovery mode, which increases application response time.

Fabric Flow Dashboard Enhancements

FOS v8.0.1 enhances the Flow Dashboard with the following new data:

• MAPS history data for ports and back-end ports • Identification of ports that have been fenced, decommissioned, or quarantined by MAPS actions

FCIP and IP Extension

FOS v8.0.1 provides additional enhancements to Brocade storage extension products beyond supporting the new SX6 blade in X6-8 and X6-4 directors.


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Extension Non-disruptive Firmware Download on X6

FOS v8.0.1 supports non-disruptive firmware download for the FCIP extension traffic on the SX6 blades in an X6-8 or X6-4 director. Non-disruptive firmware download is performed in parallel on the maximum number of SX6 blades supported in a director. SX6 blades in different configuration modes, i.e., 10VE, 20VE, or hybrid, are supported with non-disruptive firmware download. The FOS firmwaredownloadstatus includes the firmware download completion status of the extension platform data processor (DP). If a DP has not completed firmware download, additional firmwaredownload, firmwarerestore, hafailover or hareboot commands will be blocked.

IP Extension PBR Support for LAN Traffic

FOS v8.0.1 adds policy-based routing (PBR) topology support for LAN connectivity of IPEXT traffic. This allows L3 (routing) connections in addition to the L2 (direct) connections to the extension platform. In PBR configuration, LAN ports are connected to routers and the next-hop gateway is configured in the Data Processor of the distance extension platform. Similarly, PBR is configured in the router to route traffic between host and distance extension platform.

IP LAN Connection History

FOS v8.0.1 enhances the command output of the portshow lan-stats --hist-stats command to provide additional information about the TCP connections that have been extended via IPEXT emulation. These enhancements provide the TCP flag used to close the connection, the last five TCP states of the connection, the location/reason why the connection closure occurred, and the creation of a freeze/thaw functionality.

Extension Trunking Spillover Load Balancing Algorithm

FOS v8.0.1 supports a new load balancing algorithm for tunnels named “spillover”. This algorithm allows administrators to define circuits that will only be used under high bandwidth utilization and/or congestion conditions. The default algorithm is failover, which will only use higher metric circuits when lower metric circuits are down.

Automatic WAN Tool

FOS v8.0.1 introduces the automatic WAN Tool (AWT) support to extend the WAN Test Tool. With this support, WAN Tool tests can run automatically in accordance with defined Service Level Agreement (SLA) parameters. An FCIP circuit is enhanced to support a SLA policy. This allows AWT to bring a circuit online/offline based on the SLA of the WAN network.

Miscellaneous

FOS v8.0.1 includes the following miscellaneous extension enhancements

• The extncfg command allows the extension configuration to be reset • The traffic Control List (TCL) configuration command portcfg tcl now supports port ranges and well-

known application names. • The portshow tcl command output now supports sorting and priority matching • Filter options are added to portshow fciptunnel, portshow fcipcircuit, portshow tcl, portshow ipif,

portshow lan-stats, and portshow iproute commands to customize output and display only the specific information requested by users.


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• Support LAN non-terminated TCP flow to allow control type TCP traffic from IP storage devices across the WAN.

• Generate RASLog message (XTUN-3100 and 3101) when IP-Extension TCP connection count per DP is equal to and greater than 500.

• Increase the maximum number of supported Traffic Control List (TCL) per DP from 128 to 256.

Zoning

FOS v8.0.1 provides the following enhancements to zoning.

Peer Zoning RSCN Enhancement

FOS v8.0.1 generates a Peer Zoning Change RSCN when administrator actions result in the addition or removal of a Target-Driven Peer Zone from the effective zoning configuration or when the Target Driven Zoning mode on a port is enabled or disabled.

Automatic Zone Configuration Creation for Target Driven Zoning

FOS v8.0.1 automatically creates a zone configuration if one does not exist when the fabric receives supported Target Driven Zoning commands.

zoneShow Command Enhancements

FOS v8.0.1 enhances the zoneshow --alias command to accept a string pattern to search for zones that match the pattern among zoning configuration database.

Zoning Name Enforcement to Avoid Boot LUN Zone Conflict

FOS v8.0.1 enforces zoning creation rules to disallow a zone to be created with “BFA_” as a zone name prefix or “_BLUN” as a zone name suffix. In addition, any WWN with prefix “00:00:00:..” is rejected to avoid conflicts with boot LUN zones.

Security

FOS v8.0.1 provides the following enhancements to system security.

Stronger Switch Password Hash Algorithm

FOS v8.0.1 adds the support for both SHA-256 and SHA-512 as password hash algorithms to increase the security protection of switch passwords. MD5 password hash continues to be supported for backward compatibility. The default password hash is SHA-512 for a switch with FOS v8.0.1 installed from manufacturing.

Password Policy Enhancements

FOS v8.0.1 enhances switch password policy to add the support of setting a minimum character set in the password policy and disallowing usernames as part of a password.

Restricted Time of Day Access

FOS v8.0.1 adds the ability to specify a time-of-day restriction on user accounts. Once configured, the accounts can only access the switch during the specified time of day. The “time of day” access restriction applies to all interfaces that a FOS switch supports, including Telnet, Console, SSH, and HTTP/HTTPS.


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Removal of “factory” Account

FOS v8.0.1 removes the legacy “factory” default account. Removing this account does not have any impact on switch operational or administrative operation.

Factory disabling of “root” Account

The default switch “root” account is disabled on switches that have FOS v8.0.1 installed at the factory. For administrators that want to enable the “root” account, a new command rootAccess is provided to control the management interfaces allowed to have root account login. In addition, the userConfig --show command is enhanced to display an asterisk (*) character next to the account name for any default switch account that has the default factory password set.

Self-Signed HTTPS Certificate

FOS v8.0.1 supports the switch HTTPS certificate generation with self-signing. With this support, administrators can choose to use a self-signed HTTPS certificate or to import a switch certificate signed by an external Certificate Authority (CA).

secCryptoCfg Enhancement

FOS v8.0.1 extends the secCryptoCfg command to accept a cipher configuration template file. A template supports configuration for TLS and SSH ciphers.

RAS

FOS v8.0.1 includes the following enhancements to RAS functionalities.

Reset Ethernet Management Interface Counters

FOS v8.0.1 adds the support to reset management Ethernet interface error counters. Resetting the counters helps to troubleshoot Ethernet management interface connectivity problems. The support is provided through the existing ethif command. This is supported on Brocade 7840, G620, and X6 only.

Syslog Server

FOS v8.0.1 supports server host names in syslog server configuration. FOS retains the server configuration, either as a host name or as an IP address, as provided by administrators to the syslogadmin command.

RASLog

FOS v8.0.1 increases the number of RASLog messages that are persistently saved to 8192 entries for Brocade G620 and X6 platforms. This allows the system to capture more RASLog messages during SupportSave.

Fibre Channel Routing (FCR)

FOS v8.0.1 supports following FCR-related software license enforcement changes.

• Integrated Routing Ports-on-Demand license on Brocade X6 director — FOS v8.0.1 checks the maximum supported EX_Ports when the EX_Port is configured.

• Enterprise ICL license on DCX 8510 directors — FOS v8.0.1 enforces the Enterprise ICL (EICL) license on Inter-Fabric Link (IFL) connections on Brocade DCX 8510 chassis that are using ICL connections. In earlier firmware only ISL connections were counted for enforcing the EICL rule.


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ClearLink Diagnostics (D_Port)

FOS v8.0.1 supports D_Ports on Gen 6 platforms with 32 Gbps SFP and 4x32 Gbps QSFPs.

• For 4x32 Gbps QSFPs, the electrical loopback and optical loopback tests are skipped. • D_Port tests on Gen 6 platforms support ISLs and device connections to third party HBAs. • In addition to Gen 6 platform support, D_Port tests have been enhanced to allow administrators to

specify long duration optical loopback tests. Long-duration optical loopback tests can be run on only one port at a time, and long-duration electrical loopback tests are not supported.

DHCP for Management Interface

FOS v8.0.1 enhances the DHCP support for the management Ethernet interface to include the following:

• DHCP support on DCX 8510 and X6 directors with redundant control processor (CP) blades • DHCPv6 support for IPv6 address configuration (RFC3315) • Stateless DHCPv6 server configuration (RFC3736) support for Brocade G620 and X6 to configure

parameters for DNS recursive name servers, DNS search lists, and SIP servers.

Management Server

FOS v8.0.1 adds the support for the FC-GS-4 standard “Get Port Speed Capabilities (GPSC)” command in the Management Server.

SNMP

FOS v8.0.1 includes the following enhancements and changes for SNMP.

• The snmpConfig command now supports a non-interactive mode to improve configuration through scripting.

• Support for system resource (memory, CPU, and flash) monitoring in Access Gateway mode in the AG MIB.

• Support for 64-bit TX/RX statistics in the SW MIB under the connUnitPortStatEntry object and removal of 32-bit TX/RX statistics under the swFCPort object.

Miscellaneous Enhancements

islShow Command

FOS v8.0.1 increases the supported islShow switch name length to 32 characters, so that switch names longer than 15 characters can be fully displayed.

nodeFind Command

FOS v8.0.1 supports entering a WWN as the device input to the nodefind command without the colon “:” character between two nibbles. This simplifies the input when running this command.

Dynamic Portname

FOS v8.0.1 enhances the dynamic portname feature to support user-defined formats for dynamic port names. The supported port name fields include: switch name, port type, port index, slot number/port number, F_Port alias, FDMI host name, and remote switch name.

Switch Name

FOS v8.0.1 supports switch names that begin with a numerical character.


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portCfgEportCredit Command

FOS v8.0.1 supports BB credit configuration range values from 5 to 160 for Gen 6 (G620 and X6) platforms. The range is unchanged for Gen 5 (16 Gbps) platforms.

portStatsShow Command

FOS v8.0.1 enhances the portStatsShow output to include Forward Error Correction (FEC) counter output. Counters are now displayed regardless of whether FEC is configured or a port is online. For Gen 6 platforms (G620 and X6) the FEC correctable counter is replaced with a new FEC corrected rate counter. In addition, the portStatsShow command displays additional TXQ latency counters that are available from Gen 6 platforms.

sfpShow Command

FOS v8.0.1 removes the “Alarm/Warn” thresholds displayed by the sfpShow command output. These thresholds are inconsistent with the SFP datasheet. Removing these thresholds does not have any functional impact.

Automatic Non-DFE and portCfgNonDfe Command

FOS v8.0.1 automatically activates non-DFE mode on Gen 5 (16 Gbps) platforms if a port non-DFE configuration is disabled, the port is in 8G or N8 speed, and the port receives a fillword of IDLE’s. There is no change to ports with non-DFE configuration enabled. The portCfgNonDfe command is also enhanced to display the non-DFE activation state of a port.

Deprecated software features The following software features are deprecated beginning with this release.

Bottleneck Detection

FOS v8.0.1 deprecates support for the Bottleneck Detection feature. The Bottleneck Detection feature included congestion monitoring and latency monitoring through the Advanced Networking (AN) module. Users configured Bottleneck Detection feature using the bottleneckMon command. The Bottleneck Detection feature has been replaced with Fabric Performance Impact (FPI) monitoring. FOS v8.0.1 supports FPI monitoring without requiring a Fabric Vision license. Firmware upgrades to FOS v8.0.1 from FOS v7.4.x or earlier version will automatically disable Bottleneck Detection monitoring.

Port Mirroring

FOS v8.0.1 deprecates the Port Mirror feature. This feature is replaced by Flow Mirror within Flow Vision.

Administrative Domain

FOS v8.0.1 deprecates the support for the Admin Domain feature, but does not remove the Admin Domain functionality. However attempts to create, activate, rename, save, or make any other configuration changes to Admin Domains will cause a warning message to be displayed. Support for this feature will be removed in a future release.

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CLI Changes The following section lists new, modified, and deprecated commands for this release.

New Commands The following commands are new in this release.

• diagStatus • openSource • rootAccess

Modified Commands Refer to the “Modified commands” section in the Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference supporting Fabric OS v8.0.1.

Deprecated commands Refer to the “Deprecated commands” section in the Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference supporting Fabric OS v8.0.1.

Supported standards and RFCs This software conforms to the Fibre Channel standards in a manner consistent with accepted engineering practices and procedures. In certain cases, Brocade might add proprietary supplemental functions to those specified in the standards. For a list of FC standards conformance, visit the following Brocade Web site: http://www.brocade.com/sanstandards.

http://www.brocade.com/sanstandards

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Software License Support Optionally Licensed Software Fabric OS 8.0.1 includes all basic switch and fabric support software, as well as optionally-licensed software enabled using license keys.

Optionally-licensed features include:

Brocade Ports on Demand — Allows customers to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning additional SFP ports via license key upgrade. (Applies to select models of switches).

Brocade Q-Flex Ports on Demand — Allows customers to further scale the fabric and increase flexibility by provisioning additional 4x32G QSFP ports via license key upgrade. Applies to Brocade G620 only.

Brocade Extended Fabrics — Provides greater than 10km of switched fabric connectivity at full bandwidth over long distances (depending on platform this can be up to 3000km).

Brocade ISL Trunking — Provides the ability to aggregate multiple physical links into one logical link for enhanced network performance and fault tolerance. Also includes Access Gateway ISL Trunking on those products that support Access Gateway deployment.

Brocade Fabric Vision — Enables support for MAPS (Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite), Flow Vision, and ClearLink (D_Port) when connecting to non-Brocade devices. MAPS enables rules-based monitoring and alerting capabilities, provides comprehensive dashboards to quickly troubleshoot problems in Brocade SAN environments. Flow Vision enables host to LUN flow monitoring, application flow mirroring for non-disruptive capture and deeper analysis, and test traffic flow generation function for SAN infrastructure validation. D_Port to non-Brocade devices support allows extensive diagnostic testing of links to devices other than Brocade switches and adapters.

Note: On Brocade G620, Brocade X6-8, and Brocade X6-4 platforms, this license enables the use of IO Insight capability. The license itself will be identified as “Fabric Vision and IO Insight” license on these platforms.

FICON Management Server — Also known as “CUP” (Control Unit Port), this enables host control of switches in mainframe environments.

Integrated Routing — This license allows any Fibre Channel port in a DCX 8510-8, DCX 8510-4, Brocade 6510, Brocade 6520, Brocade 7840, or Brocade G620 to be configured as an EX_Port supporting Fibre Channel Routing. This eliminates the need to add an FR4-18i blade or use a Brocade 7500 for FCR purposes, and also provides either quadruple or octuple the bandwidth for each FCR connection (when connected to another 16Gbs or 32Gbs-capable port).

Integrated Routing Ports on Demand — This license allows any Fibre Channel port in a Brocade X6-8 or Brocade X6-4 to be configured as an EX_Port supporting Fibre Channel Routing. The maximum number of EX_Ports supported per platform is provided in the license. This eliminates the need to add an FR4-18i blade or use a Brocade 7500 for FCR purposes, and also provides octuple the bandwidth for each FCR connection (when connected to another 32Gbs-capable port).

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Advanced Extension — This license enables two advanced extension features: FCIP Trunking and Adaptive Rate Limiting. The FCIP Trunking feature allows multiple IP source and destination address pairs (defined as FCIP Circuits) via multiple 1 GbE or 10 GbE interfaces to provide a high bandwidth FCIP tunnel and failover resiliency. In addition, each FCIP circuit supports four QoS classes (Class-F, High, Medium and Low Priority), each as a TCP connection. The Adaptive Rate Limiting feature provides a minimum bandwidth guarantee for each tunnel with full utilization of the available network bandwidth without impacting throughput performance under high traffic load. This license is available on the DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4 for the FX8-24 on an individual slot basis.

10GbE FCIP/10G Fibre Channel — This license enables the two 10GbE ports on the FX8-24 and/or the 10G FC capability on FC16-xx blade ports supported on DCX 8510 platforms except for the FC16-64 blade. On the Brocade 6510, Brocade 6520 this license enables 10G FC ports. This license is not applicable to the Brocade 7840, Brocade G620, or Brocade X6 platforms.

On FX8-24: With this license installed and assigned to a slot with an FX8-24 blade, two additional operating modes (in addition to 10x1GbE ports mode) can be selected: • 10x1GbE ports and 1x10GbE port, or • 2x10GbE ports

On FC16-xx: • Enables 10G FC capability on an FC16-xx blade in a slot that has this license.

On Brocade 6510, Brocade 6520: • Enables 10G FC capability on Brocade 6510 and Brocade 6520 switches.

This license is available on the DCX 8510-8 and DCX 8510-4 on an individual slot basis.

Advanced FICON Acceleration — This licensed feature uses specialized data management techniques and automated intelligence to accelerate FICON tape read and write and IBM Global Mirror data replication operations over distance, while maintaining the integrity of command and acknowledgement sequences. This license is available on the Brocade 7840 and the DCX 8510-8 and DCX 8510-4 for the FX8-24 on an individual slot basis.

ICL POD License — This license activates ICL ports on DCX 8510 or X6 platform core blades. An ICL license must be installed on the director platforms at both ends of the ICL connection.

On Brocade DCX8510-8 and X6-8: The 1st ICL POD license enables 16 (half of the total) UltraScale ICL QSFP ports on DCX 8510-8 or X6-8 directors, enabling eight ICL ports on each core blade. These are QSFP port number 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 on DCX8510-8; while on X6-8, the QSFP port numbers are 0, 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, and 11. The 2nd ICL POD license enables the remaining 16 UltraScale ICL QSFP ports on the directors. These are QSFP port number 8 ,9 ,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 on each core blade of DCX8510-8; while on X6-8, these are QSFP port number 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, and 15 on each core blade. Note that the trunk boundaries are different between CR32-8 core blades on X6-8 and CR16-8 core blades on DCX8510-8. On Brocade DCX8510-4 and X6-4: ICL POD licenses are different between X6-4 and DCX8510-4 directors. On an X6-4, the 1st ICL POD license enables eight (half of the total) UltraScale ICL QSFP ports on the director, enabling four ICL ports on each core blade, which are QSFP port number 0, 1, 4, and 5. The 2nd ICL POD

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license on X6-4 enables the remaining eight UltraScale ICL QSFP ports on the director, which are QSFP port number 2, 3, 6, and 7 on each core blade. On a DCX8510-4, a single ICL POD license enables all 16 UltraScale ICL QSFP ports on the director.

Enterprise ICL (EICL) License — The EICL license is required on a Brocade DCX 8510 chassis when that chassis is connected to four or more Brocade DCX 8510 chassis via ICLs. This license is not applicable to X6 Directors.

This license requirement does not depend upon the total number of DCX 8510 chassis that exist in a fabric, but only on the number of other chassis connected to a DCX 8510 via ICLs. This license is recognized/displayed when operating with FOS v7.0.1 and enforced by FOS v7.1.0 or later.

Note: The EICL license supports a maximum of nine (9) DCX 8510 chassis connected in a full mesh topology or up to twelve (12) DCX 8510 chassis connected in a core-edge topology. Refer to the Brocade SAN Scalability Guidelines document for additional information.

WAN Rate Upgrade 1 License — The WAN Rate Upgrade 1 license provides the additional WAN throughput up to 10 Gbps on a Brocade 7840. The base configuration for a Brocade 7840 without this license provides WAN throughput up to 5 Gbps.

WAN Rate Upgrade 2 License — The WAN Rate Upgrade 2 license provides unlimited WAN throughput (up to the hardware limit) on a Brocade 7840. WAN Rate Upgrade 2 licenses also enable the use of two 40GbE ports on a Brocade 7840. The 40GbE ports cannot be configured without the WAN Rate Upgrade 2 license. A WAN Rate Upgrade 1 license must be installed on a Brocade 7840 before a WAN Rate Upgrade 2 license is installed. A WAN Rate Upgrade 1 license cannot be removed before the WAN Rate Upgrade 2 license has been removed.

Note: The WAN Rate Upgrade 1 and WAN Rate Upgrade 2 licenses apply only to Brocade 7840 platforms. They control the aggregate bandwidth for all tunnels on that Brocade 7840. The entire capacity controlled by the licenses can be assigned to a single tunnel, or a portion of the capacity can be assigned to multiple tunnels. The total bandwidth aggregated for all tunnels should not exceed the limits established by the licenses.

Temporary License Support The following licenses are available in Fabric OS 8.0.1 as either Universal Temporary or regular temporary licenses:

• Fabric (E_Port) license • Extended Fabric license • Trunking license • High Performance Extension license • Advanced Performance Monitoring license • Fabric Watch license • Integrated Routing license • Integrated Routing Ports on Demand license • Advanced Extension license • Advanced FICON Acceleration license • 10GbE FCIP/10GFibre Channel license

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• FICON Management Server (CUP) • Enterprise ICL license • Fabric Vision license • WAN Rate Upgrade 1 license • WAN Rate Upgrade 2 license

Note: Temporary Licenses for features available on a per-slot basis enable the feature for any and all slots in the chassis.

Temporary and Universal Temporary licenses have durations and expiration dates established in the licenses themselves. FOS will accept up to two temporary licenses and a single Universal license on a unit. Universal Temporary license keys can only be installed once on a particular switch, but can be applied to as many switches as desired. Temporary use duration (the length of time the feature will be enabled on a switch) is provided with the license key. All Universal Temporary license keys have an expiration date upon which the license can no longer be installed on any unit.

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Hardware Support Supported devices The following devices are supported in this release:

• G620, X6-8, X6-4 • 6505, 6510, 6520, DCX8510-8, DCX8510-4 • 6543, 6545, 6546, 6547, 6548, M6505, 6558 • 7840

Supported blades DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4 blade support Fabric OS v8.0.1 software is fully qualified and supports the blades for the DCX8510-8 and DCX8510-4 noted in the table below:

Blades OS support

FC16-32, FC16-48 16G FC blades FOS v7.0 or later. FC16-64 blade1, 2 FOS v7.3 or later. FC8-64 64 port 8Gbit port blade3 Not supported. FC8-32E, FC8-48E3 Not supported. FCIP/FC Router blade (FR4-18i) Not supported. Virtualization/Application Blade (FA4-18) Not supported. Encryption Blade (FS8-18) Not supported. Extension Blade (FX8-24) Up to a maximum of 4 blades of this type.

FCoE/L2 CEE blade FCOE10-24 Not supported.

X6-8/X6-4 blade support Fabric OS v8.0.1 software is fully qualified and supports the blades for the X6-8 and X6-4 noted in the table below. None of the legacy blades (16G or lower speed) are supported in the Gen 6 chassis.

Blades OS support

FC32-48 32G FC blade FOS v8.0.1 or later. SX6 Gen 6 Distance Extension Blade FOS v8.0.1 or later.

1 8510 core blade QSFPs, part numbers 57-1000267-01 and 57-0000090-01, are not supported in FC16-64. The QSFPs supported in FC16-64, part number 57-1000294-02, is also supported on 8510 core blades.

2 E_port connections on FC16-64 blade have the following restriction: connecting a QSFP port between a FC16-64 blade and an ICL QSFP port on a core blade is not supported.

3 Support for FC8-64, FC8-32E, and FC8-48E blades in DCX8510 chassis is planned in a release after FOS v8.0.1.

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Up to maximum of 4 blades of this type.

Note: The QSFPs supported in FC16-64, part number 57-1000294-02, is also supported on X6 core blades with the condition that the port speed must be configured at fixed 16 Gbps. Otherwise, the optics will be faulted.

Supported power supplies Brocade G620 Power Supplies The following table lists the power supplies for Brocade G620 supported in this release:

Part number Description Compatible devices

XBRG250WPSAC-F Power supply and fan assembly, nonport-side air exhaust Brocade G620 XBRG250WPSAC-R Power supply and fan assembly, nonport-side air intake Brocade G620

DCX8510-8 Power Supply Requirements

1 When 2+2 power supply combination is used, the users are advised to configure the MAPS setting for switch Marginal State to be one Bad Power Supply.

Typical Power Supply Requirements Guidelines for Blades in DCX 8510-8 (For specific calculation of power draw with different blade combinations, please refer to Appendix A: Power Specifications in the Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone Hardware Reference Manual.)

Configured Number of Ports

Blades Type of Blade

DCX 8510-8 @110 VAC (Redundant configurations)

DCX 8510-8 @200-240 VAC (Redundant configurations)

Comments

Any combination of 8Gb or 16Gb ports with QSFP ICLs

FC16-32, FC16-64, FC8-32E

Port Blade 4 Power Supplies

2 Power Supplies

200-240 VAC: 1+1 Power Supplies 110 VAC: 2+21 Power Supplies

256 16Gb ports + QSFP ICLs

FC16-32, FC16-48 (Maximum of fully populated FC16-32 blades), FC16-64


2 Power Supplies

200-240 VAC: 1+1 Power Supplies 110 VAC: 2+21 Power Supplies Max 8 FC16-32 port blades


FC8-32E, FC8-48E (Maximum of fully populated FC8-32E blades)


2 Power Supplies

200-240 VAC: 1+1 Power Supplies 110 VAC: 2+21

Power Supplies Max 8 FC8-32E port blades


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192 16Gb Ports & max 2 intelligent blades (FX8-24) with QSFP ICLs

FC16-32, FC16-48, FC16-64, FX8-24

Port / Intelligent Blade

4 Power Supplies

2 Power Supplies

200-240 VAC: 1+1 Power Supplies 110 VAC: 2+21 Power Supplies Max four FC16-48 port blades and max 2 Intelligent blades

192 8Gb Ports & max 2 intelligent blades (FX8-24) with QSFP ICLs

FC8-32E, FC8-48E, FX8-24

Port / Intelligent Blade

4 Power Supplies

2 Power Supplies

200-240 VAC: 1+1 Power Supplies 110 VAC: 2+21 Power Supplies Max four FC8-48E port blades and max 2 Intelligent blades


FC16-48 (Maximum of seven FC16-48 blades, with one empty port blade slot)

Port Blade

4 Power Supplies

2 Power Supplies

200-240 VAC: 1+1 Power Supplies 110 VAC: 2+21 Power Supplies Max 7 FC16-48 port blades


FC8-48E (Maximum of seven FC8-48E blades, with one empty port blade slot)

Port Blade

4 Power Supplies

2 Power Supplies

200-240 VAC: 1+1 Power Supplies 110 VAC: 2+21 Power Supplies Max 7 FC8-48E port blades


FC16-48 Port Blade Not Supported

4 Power Supplies

200-240 VAC: For DCX 8510-8, four (2+2)1 220 VAC Power Supplies are required


FC16-64 Port Blade 4 Power Supplies

2 Power Supplies



FC8-48E Port Blade 4 Power Supplies

4 Power Supplies

200-240 VAC: For DCX 8510-8, four (2+2)1 220 VAC Power Supplies are required

Any combination of 8Gb or 16Gb ports and intelligent blades with QSFP ICLs

FC16-32, FC16-48, FC8-64, FC8-32E, FC8-48E, FX8-24

Intelligent Blade / Combination

Dependent on configuration. Requires power calculation for specific configuration

2 or 4 Power Supplies, depending on configuration

For DCX 8510-8, four (2+2)1 220 VAC Power Supplies are required when any special purpose blade are installed

512 16Gb ports FC16-64 Port Blade 4 Power Supplies

2 Power Supplies

200-240 VAC: 1+1 Power Supplies


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DCX8510-4 Power Supply Requirements Typical Power Supply Requirements Guidelines for Blades in DCX 8510-4 (For specific calculation of power draw with different blade combinations, please refer to Appendix A: Power Specifications in the Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware Reference Manual.)



DCX 8510-4 @110 VAC (Redundant configurations)

DCX 8510-4 @200-240 VAC (Redundant configurations)

Comments

96 ports max with QSFP ICLs

FC16-32, FC8-32E


2 Power Supplies

1+1 redundancy with 110 or 200-240 VAC power supplies

Any combination of 8Gb or 16 Gb ports and intelligent blades with QSFP ICLs

FC16-32, FC16-48, FC16-64, FC8-32E, FC8-48E, FC8-64, FX8-24

Intelligent Blade / Combination

Not Supported

2 Power Supplies

200-240 VAC: 1+1 Power Supplies

X6-8 Power Supply Requirements Typical Power Supply Requirements Guidelines for Blades in X6-8 (For specific calculation of power draw with different blade combinations, please refer to Power consumption section in the Brocade X6-8 Director Hardware Installation Guide.)



X6-8 @100-120 VAC (Redundant configurations)1


144 32 Gbps ports + QSFP ICLs

FC32-48

Port Blade 3 or 4 Power Supplies (2+1 or 2+2 redundancy)

2 Power Supplies (1+1 redundancy)

384 32 Gbps ports + QSFP ICLs

FC32-48 Port Blade Not Supported 3 or 4 Power Supplies (2+1 or 2+2 redundancy)

1 For N+1 or N+N redundancy N PSUs must be available for system to support the load. In other words, failure of up to 1 PSU in N+1 configuration or N in N+N configuration will not impact system’s operation.

110 VAC: 2+21 Power Supplies


FC16-64 Port Blade 4 Power Supplies

2 Power Supplies



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Any combination of 32 Gbps ports and Extension blades with QSFP ICLs

FC32-48 SX6

Port Blade Extension Blade

Not Supported 3 or 4 Power Supplies (2+1 or 2+2 redundancy)

X6-4 Power Supply Requirements Typical Power Supply Requirements Guidelines for Blades in X6-4 (For specific calculation of power draw with different blade combinations, please refer to Power consumption section in the Brocade X6-4 Director Hardware Installation Guide.)





Any combination of 32 Gbps ports and Extension blades with QSFP ICLs

FC32-48 SX6

Port Blade Extension Blade

Not Supported 2 Power Supplies (1+1 redundancy)

Supported optics For a list of supported fiber-optic transceivers that are available from Brocade, refer to the latest version of the Brocade Optics Family Data Sheet available online at www.brocade.com.

1 For 1+1 redundancy 1 PSU must be available for system to support the load. In other words, failure of up to 1 PSU will not impact system’s operation.

http://www.brocade.com/

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Software Upgrades and Downgrades Image filenames Download the following images from www.brocade.com.

Image filename Description

v8.0.1b.zip Fabric OS v8.0.1b for Windows

v8.0.1b_tar.gz Fabric OS v8.0.1b for Linux

v8.0.1b.md5 Fabric OS v8.0.1b Checksum

v8.0.1b_all_mibs.tar.gz Fabric OS v8.0.1b MIBs

v8.0.1b_releasenotes_v1.0.pdf Fabric OS v8.0.1b Release Notes v1.0

Migration Path This section contains important details to consider before migrating to or from this FOS release.

Migrating from FOS v8.0.1 Any Brocade G620 or X6 running any FOS v8.0.1 firmware can be non-disruptively upgraded to FOS v8.0.1b.

Migrating from FOS v8.0.0 Any Brocade G620 running any FOS v8.0.0 firmware can be non-disruptively upgraded to FOS v8.0.1b.

Migrating from FOS v7.4 Any Brocade 16G (Gen 5) platform and all blades in the Supported blades table running any FOS v7.4 firmware can be non-disruptively upgraded to FOS v8.0.1b

Migrating from FOS v7.3 Any Brocade 16G (Gen 5) platform and all blades in the Supported blades table operating at any FOS v7.3 firmware must be upgraded to FOS v7.4 firmware before it can be non-disruptively upgraded to FOS v8.0.1b.

Upgrade/downgrade considerations Any firmware activation on a DCX 8510-8 or DCX 8510-4 with a FX8-24 blade installed will disrupt I/O traffic on the FCIP links.

Disruptive upgrades to Fabric OS v8.0.1b are allowed and supported from FOS v7.3.x (up to a two-level migration) using the optional “-s” parameter with the firmwaredownload command.


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Limitations and Restrictions Scalability All scalability limits are subject to change. Limits may be increased once further testing has been completed, even after the release of this version of the Fabric OS. For current scalability limits for Fabric OS, refer to the Brocade SAN Scalability Guidelines document, available at www.brocade.com.

Compatibility/interoperability Brocade Network Advisor Compatibility Brocade Network Advisor is available with flexible packaging and licensing options for a wide range of network deployments and for future network expansion. Brocade Network Advisor 14.0.1 is available in the following editions:

• SAN-only • IP-only • SAN+IP

For SAN Management, Network Advisor 14.0.1 is available in three editions:

• Network Advisor Professional: a fabric management application that is ideally suited for small-size businesses that need a lightweight management product to manage their smaller fabrics. It manages two FOS fabric at a time and up to 300 switch ports. It provides support for Brocade FC switches, Brocade HBAs / CNAs, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) switches.

• Network Advisor Professional Plus: a SAN management application designed for medium-size businesses or departmental SANs for managing up to thirty-six physical or virtual fabrics (FOS) and up to 2,560 switch ports. It supports Brocade director products (X6-4, DCX 8510-4/DCX-4S, 48Ks, etc.), FC switches, Fibre Channel Over IP (FCIP) switches, Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) switches/ Integrated Routing (IR) capabilities, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) / DCB switches, and QLogic and Emulex HBAs / CNAs.

• Network Advisor Enterprise: a management application designed for enterprise-class SANs for managing up to one hundred physical or virtual fabrics and up to 15,000 switch ports. Network Advisor SAN Enterprise supports all the hardware platforms and features that Network Advisor Professional Plus supports, and adds support for the Brocade directors (X6-8, DCX 8510-8/DCX) and Fiber Connectivity (FICON) capabilities.

More details about Network Advisor’s new enhancements can be found in the Network Advisor 14.0.1 Release Notes, Network Advisor 14.0.1 User Guide, and Network Advisor 14.0.1 Installation, Migration, & Transition Guides.

Notes:

• Brocade Network Advisor 14.0.1 or later is required to manage switches running Fabric OS 8.0.1 or later.

• The Brocade Network Advisor seed switch should always have the highest FOS version used in the fabric.


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WebTools Compatibility Fabric OS 8.0.1 is qualified and supported with Oracle Java version 8 update 77. Please refer to the “Other Important Notes and Recommendations” section for more details.

SMI Compatibility It is important to note that host SMI-S agents cannot be used to manage switches running Fabric OS 8.0.1. If you want to manage a switch running Fabric OS 8.0.1 using the SMI-S interface, you must use Brocade Network Advisor’s integrated SMI agent.

Fabric OS Compatibility • The following table lists the earliest versions of Brocade software supported in this release, that is,

the earliest supported software versions that interoperate. Brocade recommends using the latest software versions to get the greatest benefit from the SAN.

• To ensure that a configuration is fully supported, always check the appropriate SAN, storage or blade server product support page to verify support of specific code levels on specific switch platforms prior to installing on your switch. Use only Fabric OS versions that are supported by the provider.

• For a list of the effective end-of-life dates for all versions of Fabric OS, visit the following Brocade website: http://www.brocade.com/en/support/product-end-of-life.html

Supported Products Fabric OS Interoperability

4100, 4900, 7500, 7500e, 5000, 200E, 48K Brocade 4012, 4016, 4018, 4020, 4024, 4424

Direct E_Port connections are not supported — must use FCR

Brocade 5410, 5480, 5424, 5430, 5431, 5432, 5450, 5460, 5470, NC-5480, VA-40FC

v7.3.1 or later

Brocade DCX, DCX-4S, 300, 5100, 5300 v7.3.1 or later Brocade DCX with FS8-18 blade(s), Brocade Encryption Switch

v7.3.1 or later

Brocade 7800, DCX and DCX-4S with FCOE10-24 or FX8-24 blades

v7.3.1 or later

Brocade 8000 v7.1.2 or later1

Brocade DCX/DCX-4S with FA4-18 blade(s) Direct E_Port connections are not supported — must use FCR2

Brocade DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4 FOS v7.3.1 or later Brocade DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4 with FC16-64 blade FOS v7.3.1 or later Brocade DCX 8510-8 with FCOE10-24 blade FOS v7.3.1 or later Brocade 6510, 6505, 6530, 7840 FOS v7.3.1 or later 6548, 6547, M6505, 6545, 6546 FOS v7.3.1 or later 6543 FOS v7.4.1 or later

1 Brocade 8000 is not supported with Fabric OS v7.2.x or later.

2 FA4-18 is not supported in a DCX/DCX-4S that is running Fabric OS v7.0 or later.

http://www.brocade.com/en/support/product-end-of-life.html

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6558 FOS v8.0.1 or later1

Brocade G620 FOS v8.0.0 or later Brocade X6-8/X6-4 FOS v8.0.1 or later Brocade X6-8/X6-4 with FC32-48 blade or SX6 blade FOS v8.0.1 or later 48000 with FA4-18 blade(s), Brocade 7600 Not Supported Mi10k, M6140 (McDATA Fabric Mode and Open Fabric Mode)

Not Supported

Multi-Protocol Router Interoperability

Brocade 7500, 7500e Not Supported

McDATA SANRouters 1620 and 2640 Not Supported

SNMP Support Fabric OS 8.0.1 documents the supported MIBs in the MIB Reference Guide supporting Fabric OS 8.0.1. For information about SNMP support in Fabric Operating System (FOS) and how to use MIBs, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide supporting Fabric OS 8.0.1.

Obtaining the MIBs

You can download the MIB files required for this release from the downloads area of the MyBrocade site. To download the Brocade-specific MIBs from the Brocade Technical Support website, you must have a user name and password. Use the following steps to obtain the MIBs you want.

1. On your web browser, go to http://my.brocade.com. 2. Login with your user name and password. 3. Click the downloads tab. 4. On the downloads tab, under Product Downloads, select All Operating Systems from the

Download by list. 5. Select Fabric Operating System (FOS), and then navigate to the release. 6. Navigate to the link for the MIBs package and either open the file or save it to disk.

NOTE: Distribution of standard MIBs has been stopped. Download the required standard MIBs from the http://www.oidview.com/ or http://www.mibdepot.com/ website.

1 Support merged from embedded FOS releases.

http://my.brocade.com/http://www.oidview.com/http://www.mibdepot.com/

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Important Notes In-flight Encryption and Compression • Fabric OS 8.0.1 does not support in-flight encryption on Brocade G620 or X6 directors. The CLI

command for port configuration for in-flight encryption is blocked in Fabric OS 8.0.1. • In-flight compression is supported in Fabric OS v8.0.1 on Brocade G620 and X6 directors. • In-flight encryption and compression are supported on 6510, 6520, and DCX 8510 platforms.

ClearLink Diagnostics (D_Port) • Fabric OS 8.0.1 supports D_Port tests between two Brocade switches and between Brocade switches

and Gen 5 (16 Gbps) and Gen 6 (32 Gbps) Fibre Channel Adapters from QLogic and Emulex. Following are specific adapter models and driver versions tested by Brocade with Fabric OS v8.0.1 for ClearLink.

Emulex 16G Adapter

Emulex 32G Adapter

QLogic 16G Adapter

QLogic 32G Adapter

Adapter Model LPe16002B-M6 LPe32000 (LPe31002-M6)

QLE2672 QLE2742

Adapter Firmware

10.6.144.21 11.0.243.11 7.04.01 8.03.03

Adapter Driver 10.6.114.0 11.0.247.0 STOR Miniport 9.1.15.21

STOR Miniport 9.1.17.21

• The D_Port long duration test can only be run on one port at a time. • Long-duration optical loopback tests can be run on only one port at a time. • Long-duration electrical loopback tests are not supported.

Forward Error Correction (FEC) • FEC is mandatory with Gen 6 Fibre Channel operating at 32 Gbps. This means that the portCfgFec

command only applies to ports running at 16 Gbps or 10 Gbps. • FEC capability is not supported with all DWDM links. This means that FEC may need to be disabled on

16 Gbps or 10 Gbps ports when using DWDM links with some vendors. This is done using the portCfgFec command. Failure to disable FEC on these DWDM links may result in link failure during port bring up. Refer to the Brocade Fabric OS 8.x Compatibility Matrix for supported DWDM equipment and restrictions on FEC use.

Access Gateway • The 32G links with 4x32G QSFP ports (port 48–port 63) do not have default mappings. These ports

will be disabled by default when a Brocade G620 is enabled for Access Gateway mode or the configuration set to default.

• The Brocade G620 supports cascaded Access Gateway topology with FOS v8.0.1a and later.

Ingress Rate Limiting • Fabric OS 8.0.1 does not support ingress rate limiting on Brocade G620 or X6 platforms.


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Ethernet Management Interface • Enabling IPSec on management interface is not supported on Brocade G620 switches. The

IPSecConfig command is blocked to prevent enabling the configuration. • The recommended interface speed configuration for a Brocade G620 is 1G auto-negotiate. If a G620

is configured for 10/100M Gbps forced-speed and fails to establish a link, Brocade recommends using a cross-over cable.

• If a Brocade switch management interface is running at 10Mbit/sec, curtain FOS operations such as firmwareDownload may fail.

• The 10 Gbps management interface on CPX6 blades is not supported. • The half-duplex mode for the X6 director and Brocade 7840 is not supported and is blocked.

Extension • IP Extension (IPEXT) between a Brocade 7840 and a SX6 blade is supported only if the 7840 is running

FOS v8.0.1 or later. FCIP extension between a Brocade 7840 with FOS v7.4 and a SX6 blade with FOS v8.0.1 is supported. The following table documents the combinations.

Site1 Switch/Blade

Site1 Firmware

Site2 Switch/Blade

Site2 Firmware

Supported

7840 8.0.1 7840 7.4.X Both FCIP and IPEXT traffic

SX6 8.0.1 7840 7.4.X FCIP traffic but not IPEXT traffic

SX6 8.0.1 7840 8.0.1 Both FCIP and IPEXT traffic

SX6 8.0.1 SX6 8.0.1 Both FCIP and IPEXT traffic

• It is recommended that administrators not to configure the HA VE pair (VE16, VE26), (VE17, VE27), (VE18, VE28), etc. where each VE in the pair is in a different LS with different traffic policy (port based routing and exchange based routing). The workaround is to configure different HA VE pairs such as (VE16, VE27), (VE17, VE26), etc. when putting each VE pair in different LS with different traffic policy.

• When Non-Terminate TCP (NT-TCP) is enabled on Traffic Control Lists (TCLs) and a firmware downgrade to FOS v7.4.1d is attempted on Brocade 7840, the downgrade will be blocked. Users must remove NT-TCP from the TCLs with NT-TCP enabled in order to downgrade the firmware. After firmware is downgraded to FOS v7.4.1d, users can re-enable the NT-TCP flag.

Brocade Analytics Monitoring Platform • FOS v8.0.1a and later supports vTap on Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 platforms to be monitored by the

Brocade Analytics Monitoring Platform. The supported Brocade platforms include: 6510, 6505, 6520, DCX 8510, 6543, 6545, 6546, 6547, 6548, M6505, 6558, G620, X6

• FOS AMPOS 1.5.0 is required on Brocade Analytics Monitoring Platform to monitor fabric switches running FOS v8.0.1a or later. Analytics Switch Links (ASLs) will segment between a fabric switch running FOS v8.0.1a or later and an Analytics Monitoring Platform with FOS_v7.4.0_amp4 or earlier version. It is recommended to upgrade Analytics Monitoring Platform to FOS AMPOS 1.5.0 before upgrading fabric switches to FOS v8.0.1a or later. vTap flows will implicitly de-activate during firmware upgrade to FOS v8.0.1a or later and re-activate after FOS v8.0.1a or later upgrade.


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• When a D_Port mode configuration mismatch between a fabric source switch and Analytics Monitoring Platform leads to a segmented analytic switch link, the source switch will display the segmented AE_Port as a segmented E_Port. This is tracked as defect 563489.

• vTap and auto-discovered AF_Port do not support high availability. In the event that an AF_port is re-discovered by a fabric switch after a domain change on the attached Analytics Monitoring Platform and followed by an hafailover or hareboot of the fabric switch, the remote AF_port information would be stale and vTap flows cannot be activated. In this case, use one of the following workarounds:

• Manually configure the AF_Port after hafailover or hareboot • Disable and then enable the AF_Port on the Analytics Monitoring Platform • Deactivate vTap flow before firmware download, hafailover, or hareboot and activate vTap flow

again. • vTap and CS_CTL are mutually exclusive on a fabric switch. If CS_CTL is enabled on one port, the

entire switch cannot enable vTap. An F_Port trunk supporting CS_CTL must have all ports in the trunk group enabling CS_CTL. Similarly, in order to enable vTap, all ports in an F_Port trunk must have CS_CTL disabled. In addition, the master port of a trunk should remain the same between CS_CTL enable and disable. If this sequence is not followed, vTap may remain active even after CS_CTL is enabled on an F_Port, or the error message “Disable QoS zones error” may be observed when enabling vTap. A suggested method is to use the following sequence:

• When enabling CS_CTL mode, enable on all slave ports, followed by enabling on the master port, noted as port M.

• When disabling CS_CTL mode, disable all active ports in the trunk, except the master port M. Disable CS_CTL mode on port M. Enable all ports in the trunk followed by disabling CS_CTL mode on the remaining ports.

• When CS_CTL is enabled on a port without any connection, after reboot and disabling CS_CTL, vTap cannot be enabled. The workaround is to enable the port as a SIM port after disabling CS_CTL, then toggle the port and remove the SIM port configuration.

• vTap and in-flight encryption or compression compatibility is supported only on the following platforms: Brocade DCX8510, X6, G620, and 6520. On DCX8510 and 6520 platforms, the ports with vTap enabled and ports with in-flight encryption or compression e

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